The big "What is your background?" topic

[Just]

Name: Keith Jackson

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: d 13 - m 01 - 1988

occupation: student

powerball experience: 10 months

speed: 13059

[Evan]

Name: Evan F.

Nickname: Evanboy

Nationality: American

Height: 6"2'

Weight: 150

Age: 14

Marital status: Single

Job: School; Freshman(9th Grade)

Powerball experience: 1 month

Sense of humor: Class clown unfortunatly?

Current speed record: 7956rpm (left), 10418rpm (right)

Current endurance record: Not done yet :-p

Further hobbies: Onling gaming, Baseball, Football, Drumming(major drumming), and pretty much anything else.

[JeffAsh]

Name: Jeff Ash

Nickname: The Jeff Ash

Nationality: USA

Date of birth: 1957

Height: 6"2'

Weight: 240 lbs

Marital status: widower

Occupation: Schoolteacher

Hobbies: Disc Golf

Powerballing experience: 3 years

Speed: 13682(R), 14456(L) I used to be #3

30s: 5600+ (L)

90s: I will soon be submitting my first entry- It will be 16,000+

[donkapone]

wow i never knew you... amazing score... could you give us some videos? and i really think that you could do more than 17k on 90s

[JeffAsh]

wow i never knew you... amazing score... could you give us some videos? and i really think that you could do more than 17k on 90s

Thank you for your optimism, but I'm not sure if a 48 year old arm can do that. :-)

I will be happy to submit some "coming out of retirement" video.

That's funny, because today I wanted to show my second grade class how to do the 90 second mode.
I told them that I felt confident I could get a score that would land me in the top 100. I had never done a 90 second spin before as I had just figured out how to work the counter. All of my Powerballs have old counters. A friend sent me an Ultimate Gyro that has a "new" counter on it. I knew about the 90 second mode- but couldn't figure out how to get the counter there- until yesterday.
Anyway... this morning, in front of 16 wide eyed students, I clocked a 15,661 in 90 seconds. As I excitedly showed everyone my score that qualified me for the top 100 (and restored my former Powerball fame ;-) ) the numbers disappeared off of the counter. We never got to take the picture. :-(
I was devastated, my arm was very tired, but of course the kids thought I could just crank it up again and hit another 15K+.
I told them that I might be able to come back later in the day- with a camera- and give it "another spin".
This afternoon, tired arm and all, I hit 15,967. The kids were excited. I was excited. I got the camera, snapped three pictures, went to the computer to see them and.... :-( TOO MUCH FLASH! Couldn't see a thing but a white circle.
I have now pledged to this group of second graders that, Monday morning, Mr. Ash will crack the 16,000 barrier.
17K eh? My arm hurts just thinking about it. I think I'll just go take a nap. Or maybe I'll go start a "40 and over" League instead... :-)

[donkapone]

Jeff, you have to be more optimistic! You sure can do a 17k with such great speed scores... all you need is a good, dry grip and a nice warmup... take a hot bath, clean your hands well with a towel and do one 30s runs for each hand. Not very fast, just warm up and then rest a couple of minutes and do a 90s run! Oh, and you should be able to do a lot bigger score on 30s than 5600 because, for example my 30s score is 5151 and my speed highscore is only 11725 but i rarely get more than 11200.

[Boo_Ray]

Name: Maks Lipnik

Nickname: Boo_Ray

Nationality: Slovenian

Age: 16

Heigh: 167cm

Weight:50.1kg

Marital status: Single

Job: Student

Powerball experience: 2 weeks.

Current speed record: 10231 RPM (left), 12296 RPM (right)

Current endurance record: 5119 rotations per 30s (I have Techno powerball)

Further hobbies: Online gaming, Motor racing, Flying model aeroplanes.

[roadkil]

Name: Steve Maerz
Nickname: Mertzomatic
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 245
Age: 39 in two weeks
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Various, mostly Sales
Sports: Disc Golf, Juggling
Powerball/gyro experience: off and on since 1991 (more off than on)

Scores (embarrassed): R 12303 L 11600 30sec 5224


Note to The Jeff Ash:

I've been unable to post or check messages on the other board since I deleted my cookies and can't find my pdga card. If you need to contact me I think my email is listed in my profile.
-Steve

[DopplerShift]

Name: Benjamin Kerr
Home Land: Scotland
D.O.B: 1 / 5 / 1986
Occupation: Student
Powerball XP: 1 month+-
Height: 6ft 3in
Weight: 224
Sport: Decathlon / Javelin / High Jump
Hobbies: Pool / Snooker
PB Scores: R - 13499, L - 12001, 90sec 16500~, 30sec 5950
PB Ambition: 16500+
PB Desires: One that will works for my legs (haha)
PB Story: Brother got on efor christmass about 4 years ago then i had a
few goes for couple of days (think i was about 11000 but not
sure) then about 6 weeks ago looked it up bought one and
now my friends and i are hooked. Love it!

[Sayex]

Country: Chile
Name:Pascual
Nickname: Sayex
Sport: none... just powerball xD
Experience: 8month +-
Powerballs:Neon Green, Metal Powerball *0*
score: 250hz 12700, 350hz 10650
quote: if nothing works, then read the instructions